BC-DX 841 04 Jan 2008 Private Verwendung der Meldun

sorgt ausserdem ein 10 kW-Kurzwellensender auf 5050 und 7295 kHz.
(22.8.2008 via Alokesh Gupta / Dr. Hansjoerg Biener-D, ntt Aug 31)
Google Earth imagery. Some high resolution place.
MW & SW site 23 44 03.52 N 92 42 21.53 E
INDONESIA 3976.08 RRI Pontianak (pres.) 1050 Koran. 1053 studio M
anncr, then mx. Alternating M and W anncrs at 1059 w/ments of "megahertz".
1100 choral vcls, then into soft ballad.
(Dave Valko-USA, hcdx Sept 1)
11784.85 Zur Zeit und auch // auf
11784.85, Traeger bis S=8, aber hauchduenner Modulation. Selbst beim
Stream muss ich den Schieberegler ganz aufdrehen. 1630-1640 UT.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 29)
Break - Domain expired today Sept 3rd !! (wb)
Radio Broadcasting in Kalimantan.
On previous occasions here in our DX program, "Wavescan", we have
presented the story of radio broadcasting in five different areas on the
island of Borneo; Sabah, Labuan and Sarawak in Malaysian Borneo;
independent Brunei; and Balikpapan in Indonesian Kalimantan. On this
occasion here in "Wavescan", we conclude the story of radio broadcasting
in all of the varied areas of Borneo with this feature on the other areas
of Indonesian Kalimantan.
Back in the very early 1920s, the Dutch Petroleum Company established a
spark wireless station at Tarakan, which is a small but important island
located just off the east coast of Borneo, right towards the northern
border with Sabah. This spark wireless station was licensed under the
Dutch East Indies callsign PKG. It is presumed that station PKG was also
used by the Japanese during their 2 1/2 years of occupation of oil-rich
Tarakan Island back in the 1940s.
In the era just prior to the commencement of WW2, at least one radio
broadcasting station was established in Kalimantan. This was:
1936 YDV2 Banjarmasin 3330 kHz. Owned by Eureka Co
(Kneitel 89 & RN 8-37 148)
The first radio broadcasting station in Kalimantan, outside Balikpapan,
after the end of WW2 was station YCN, which in reality was transferred
from Balikpapan and re-established in Pontianak on the central west coast
of Borneo. This station was activated at its new location on the other
side of the island in September 1946. Interestingly, this station
identified on air with its two locations, announcing as Radio Balikpapan,
Pontianak. At its new location on the west coast, it radiated broadcast
programming with the usage of three shortwave transmitters rated at 40
watts, 125 watts and 250 watts.
Shortly afterwards, the identification announcement for station YCN was
changed from Radio Balikpapan Pontianak to Radio Indonesia Pontianak, even
though the Dutch did not relinquish their claims to the Dutch East Indies
for another couple of years.
Under the Indonesian authorities, the callsign of the Pontianak station
was changed from YCN to YDW, and only one transmitter, the 250 watt unit,
was still on the air. Another shortwave station was established at this
stage, YDO with 2300 watts on 3380 kHz at Banjarmasin at the bottom of the
island. Shortly afterwards, an additional shortwave station was installed
at Samarinda a little north of Balikpapan, YDY with 150 watts on 3590 kHz.
Interestingly, the World Radio TV Handbook does not list any mediumwave